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‘Future of Unions’ conference speakers push sectoral bargaining

February 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

What was supposed to be an intellectual weekend conference on the future of the U.S. union movement turned into a conference on the future of collective bargaining, and specifically the promotion of sectoral bargaining, instead.

Trump’s wall meeting increased resistance in the Borderlands

February 8, 2019 By Sarah Roberts

With the president’s declaration of a national emergency possible any day, this work is more essential than ever.

Some government workers still unpaid, fear another shutdown

February 7, 2019 By Michelle R. Smith

Even as they scramble to catch up on unpaid bills, the prospect of another shutdown looms next week.

Donald Trump’s speech goes low, Stacey Abrams’s response goes high

February 6, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

That, in essence, is the contrast between Trump’s 92-minute speech from the U.S. House rostrum and Abrams’s shorter, positive, reply from an Electrical Workers union hall in Atlanta.

Raise the Wage Act would hike salaries for 40 million

February 5, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Backed by a wide range of unions and women’s groups, veteran lawmakers, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act -- a measure designed to put enforcement “teeth” into...